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Two words which sound the same


Mark One

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Think of two words which although spelt differently, sound the same.

 

Example

SON & SUN

 

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1 hour ago, Mark One said:

Think of two words which although spelt differently, sound the same.

 

Example

SON & SUN

 

GOD & GUN

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Foul and fowl! 

That's three not tree... 

:D

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Dear and Deer

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In French (to touch, touch, touched), same pronunciation:

touché, touchée, touchés, touchées, touchai, touchais, touchait, touchaient, touchez, toucher.

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There and Their

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Brake and break

Nose and knows

Flee and flea

Pour and poor

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How about four ?

AWE

ORE

OR

OAR

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16 minutes ago, jypsijemini said:

Flee and flea

That reminds me of a newspaper headline I saw, " NURSING HOME RESIDENTS FLEA FIRE"

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Hair & heir  :-P 

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9 hours ago, Habitat said:

How about four ?

AWE

ORE

OR

OAR

Awe?  How does that sound like the other three?

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4 hours ago, Desertrat56 said:

Awe?  How does that sound like the other three?

Seriously ? how do you pronounce AWE ? As in awe-some ?

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6 minutes ago, Habitat said:

Seriously ? how do you pronounce AWE ? As in awe-some ?

How  do you pronounce OR?  the same as AWE?  I don't say "Orsome", I say "Awesome".  AW does not have an OR sound.

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24 minutes ago, Desertrat56 said:

How  do you pronounce OR?  the same as AWE?  I don't say "Orsome", I say "Awesome".  AW does not have an OR sound.

 

awe
[ɔː]
 
or
[ɔː]
 
oar
[ɔː]
 
ore
[ɔː]
 
Are you telling me you pronounce "raw" and "roar" differently ?
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Just now, Habitat said:

 

awe
 
[ɔː]
 
or
 
[ɔː]
 
oar
 
[ɔː]
 
ore
 
[ɔː]
 
Are you telling me you pronounce "raw" and "roar" differently ?

Yes.  There is an A sound and an O sound.  They are different.  I can't even imagine those two sounding the same, nor Awe and Ore or Or.  I am beginning to think you are just joking.  (literal minded as I am, I sometimes catch on eventually)

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I am thinking you are the joker, you Google up those phonemes I have posted, and see what comes up differently, in your area. But for me, all four are pronounced the same. There was an Olympic Gold medal rowing combo called the "Awesome Foursome", it rhymed perfectly to the ears of Australians.

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41 minutes ago, Habitat said:

I am thinking you are the joker, you Google up those phonemes I have posted, and see what comes up differently, in your area. But for me, all four are pronounced the same. There was an Olympic Gold medal rowing combo called the "Awesome Foursome", it rhymed perfectly to the ears of Australians.

OK.  So you weren't joking, but in the U.S. those words do not rhyme.  And young children who don't pronounce their R's get speech therapy.

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2 minutes ago, Desertrat56 said:

OK.  So you weren't joking, but in the U.S. those words do not rhyme.  And young children who don't pronounce their R's get speech therapy.

So copy and paste the phonemes that come up when you google the words mentioned.

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7 minutes ago, Habitat said:

So copy and paste the phonemes that come up when you google the words mentioned.

https://www.unifon.org/UFEdRes/word lists/Words with 2 phonemes.pdf

Words matching the pattern ^*

off, all, or, ore, ought   Notice Awe is not in the list.

 

Words matching the pattern R*

Ray, raw, rye, wry, row, rue

I did not find a website with what you refer to Awe has a silent e and a short A sound.  Or has a short O sound.

 

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Never mind about all that, just the precise word spelling and its phoneme will do, that is what I posted.

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